Acts 19
1 And it came to pass, in Apollos being in Corinth, Paul having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples,
Zvino zvakaitika, Aporo achiri paKorinde, Pauro wakati agura nemativi ekumusoro akasvika paEfeso; akawana vamwe vadzidzi,
2 he said to them, “Having believed, did you receive the Holy Spirit?” And they said to him, “But we did not even hear whether there is any Holy Spirit”;
akati kwavari: Makagamuchira Mweya Mutsvene here pamakatenda? Zvino vakati kwaari: Asi hatina kutongonzwa kana kune Mweya Mutsvene.
3 and he said to them, “Into what, then, were you immersed?” And they said, “Into John’s immersion.”
Zvino akati kwavari: Ko makabhabhatidzwa mune zvipi? Zvino vakati: Murubhabhatidzo rwaJohwani.
4 And Paul said, “John, indeed, immersed with an immersion of conversion, saying to the people that they should believe in Him who is coming after him—that is, in the Christ—Jesus”;
Zvino Pauro wakati: Johwani zvirokwazvo wakabhabhatidza nerubhabhatidzo rwekutendeuka, achiudza vanhu kuti vatende kuna iye anouya shure kwake, ndiko kuti, kuna Kristu Jesu.
5 and they, having heard, were immersed into the Name of the Lord Jesus,
Zvino vakati vanzwa, vakabhabhatidzwa muzita raIshe Jesu.
6 and Paul having laid [his] hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, they were also speaking with tongues, and prophesying,
Zvino Pauro wakati aisa maoko pamusoro pavo, Mweya Mutsvene akauya pamusoro pavo; vakataura nendimi, ndokuporofita.
7 and all the men were, as it were, twelve.
Zvino varume vese vainge gumi nevaviri.
8 And having gone into the synagogue, he was speaking boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading the things concerning the Kingdom of God,
Zvino wakapinda musinagoge akataura akashinga, kwemwedzi mitatu achiparidza achipwisa pazvinhu zveushe hwaMwari.
9 and when certain were hardened and were disbelieving, speaking evil of The Way before the multitude, having departed from them, he separated the disciples, reasoning every day in the school of a certain Tyrannus.
Asi vamwe vakati vachiomesa moyo uye vasingatendi, vachitaura zvakaipa pamusoro penzira iyo pamberi pechaunga, akabva kwavari akatsaura vadzidzi, akaparidza zuva rimwe nerimwe muchikoro cheumwe Tiranosi.
10 And this happened for two years so that all those dwelling in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks,
Zvino izvi zvakaitika kwemakore maviri, zvekuti vese vakange vagere paAsia vakanzwa shoko raIshe Jesu, vese VaJudha neVaGiriki.
11 also mighty works—not common—God was working through the hands of Paul,
Mwari ndokuita mabasa esimba asina kujairika nemaoko aPauro,
12 so that even to the ailing were brought from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them; the evil spirits also went forth from them.
zvekuti kunyange kuvarwere kwaiiswa micheka yekumeso kana mafasikoti zvaibva pamuviri wake, hosha dzikabva kwavari, nemweya yakaipa ikabuda kwavari.
13 And certain of the wandering exorcist Jews, took on [them] to name over those having the evil spirits the Name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches”;
Zvino vamwe VaJudha vambeyi vadzingi vemweya yakaipa, vakaidza kudana zita raIshe Jesu pamusoro pevaiva nemweya yakaipa, vachiti: Ndinokupikirai naJesu Pauro waanoparidza.
14 and there were certain—seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest—who are doing this thing;
Zvino paiva nevamwe vanakomana vanomwe vaSikevha muJudha mupristi mukuru vaiita izvi.
15 and the evil spirit, answering, said, “I know Jesus, and I am acquainted with Paul; and you—who are you?”
Mweya wakaipa ndokupindura ukati: Jesu ndinomuziva, naPauro ndinoziva nezvake; asi imwi ndimwi vana ani?
16 And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaping on them, and having overcome them, prevailed against them, so that they fled naked and wounded out of that house,
Zvino munhu mweya wakaipa wawaiva paari akavakwakukira, akavakurira, akavakunda, zvekuti vakatiza mumba umo vasina nguvo vakuvadzwa.
17 and this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who are dwelling at Ephesus, and fear fell on them all, and the Name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified;
Zvino izvi zvikazikanwa kune vese VaJudha neVaGirikiwo vakange vagere paEfeso; kutya ndokuvawira vese; zita raIshe Jesu ndokukudzwa.
18 many also of those who believed were coming, confessing and declaring their acts,
Zvino vazhinji vevakange vatenda vakauya, vakareurura, nekurondedzera mabasa avo.
19 and many of those who had practiced the superfluous arts, having brought the scrolls together, were burning [them] before all; and they reckoned together the prices of them, and found [it] fifty thousand pieces of silver,
Zvino vazhinji vevaiita zveun'anga vakaunganidza mabhuku pamwe vakaapisa pamberi pevese; ndokuverenga mutengo wawo, zvino vakawana masirivheri zvuru makumi mashanu.
20 so powerfully was the word of God increasing and prevailing.
Naizvozvo shoko raIshe rakakura nesimba rikakunda.
21 And when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in the Spirit, having gone through Macedonia and Achaia, to go on to Jerusalem, saying, “After my being there, it is also necessary for me to see Rome”;
Zvino izvi zvakati zvapera, Pauro wakazvipira mumweya, ambogura nepaMakedhonia neAkaya, kuenda kuJerusarema, achiti: Shure kwekuva kwangu ikoko, ndinofanirawo kunoona Roma.
22 and having sent to Macedonia two of those ministering to him—Timotheus and Erastus—he himself stayed a time in Asia.
Zvino akatumira kuMakedhonia vaviri vevaimushandira, Timotio naErasto, iye akagara muAsia kwenguva.
23 And there came, at that time, not a little stir about The Way,
Zvino nenguva iyoyo nyonga-nyonga isati iri diki ikavapo pamusoro penzira iyo.
24 for a certain one, Demetrius by name, a worker in silver, making silver sanctuaries of Artemis, was bringing to the craftsmen not a little gain,
Nokuti umwe, wainzi Dhemetrio, mupfuri wesirivheri, waiita zvitembere zvaDhiana zvesirivheri, waiuisa mubairo usati uri mudiki kumhizha;
25 whom, having brought in a crowd together, and those who worked around such things, he said, “Men, you know that by this work we have our wealth;
wakadziunganidza pamwe nevamwe vebasa rakadaro, akati: Varume, munoziva kuti nebasa iri tine upfumi hwedu.
26 and you see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost in all Asia, this Paul, having persuaded, turned away a great multitude, saying that they who are made by hands are not gods;
Zvino munoona nekunzwa kuti pasati pari paEfeso chete, asi panenge paAsia yese, Pauro uyu wakagombedzera nekutsausa chaunga chikuru, achiti vakaitwa nemaoko havasi vamwari.
27 and not only is this department in danger for us of coming into disregard, but also, that of the great goddess Artemis, the temple is to be reckoned for nothing, and also her greatness is about to be brought down, whom all Asia and the world worships.”
Zvino hazvisi izvi chete kuti chikamu chedu chisvike panjodzi yekuzvidzwa, asi netembere yamwarikadzi mukuru Dhiana ichaitwa chinhu pasina neukuru-kuru hwake huchaderedzwa, iye Asia nenyika yese wavanonamata.
28 And having heard, and having become full of wrath, they were crying out, saying, “Great [is] the Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Zvino vakati vachizvinzwa vakazara nekutsamwa, vakadanidzira vachiti: Mukuru Dhiana weVaEfeso!
29 And the whole city was filled with confusion; they rushed also with one accord into the theater, having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul’s fellow-travelers.
Zvino guta rese rakazadzwa nenyonga-nyonga; vakamhanyira nemoyo umwe panhandare, vakakweva Gayo naArisitako VaMakedhonia, vaperekedzi vaPauro.
30 And on Paul’s resolving to enter in to the populace, the disciples were not permitting him,
Zvino Pauro akada kupinda muchaunga, vadzidzi havana kumutendera.
31 and also some of the chief men of Asia, being his friends, having sent to him, were pleading [with] him not to venture into the theater himself.
Uye nevamwe vevakuru veAsia, vaiva shamwari dzake, vakatuma shoko kwaari, vachikumbira zvikuru kwaari kuti arege kuzvipinza panhandare.
32 Some indeed, therefore, were calling out one thing, and some another, for the assembly was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they had come together;
Zvino vamwe vakadanidzira chimwe vamwe chimwe; nokuti ungano yakange yanyonganiswa, uye vazhinji vasingazivi zvavakaunganira.
33 and out of the multitude they put forward Alexander—the Jews thrusting him forward—and Alexander having beckoned with the hand, wished to make defense to the populace,
Zvino vakabudisira Arekisandiro kunze kubva muchaunga, VaJudha vachimusundira mberi. Zvino Arekisandiro akaninira neruoko, achida kuzvidavirira kuvanhu.
34 and having known that he is a Jew, one voice came out of all, for about two hours, crying, “Great [is] the Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Asi pavakaziva kuti muJudha, inzwi rimwe rakamuka kune vese, vakadanidzira maawa anenge maviri vachiti: Mukuru Dhiana weVaEfeso!
35 And the public clerk having quieted the multitude, says, “Men, Ephesians, why, who is the man that does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of that which fell down from Zeus?
Zvino munyori wakati anyaradza vanhu akati: Varume veEfeso, nokuti munhu ndeupi aripo asingazivi kuti guta reVaEfeso ndiro muchengetedzi wetembere yamwarikadzi mukuru Dhiana newechakawa kubva kudenga.
36 These things, then, being undeniable, it is necessary for you to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
Naizvozvo zvinhu izvi zvazvisingagoni kurambwa, munofanira kunyarara musingaiti chinhu nekumhanyirira.
37 For you brought these men, who are neither temple-robbers nor slandering of your goddess;
Nokuti mauisa varume ava, vasiri makororo edzitembere kana vamhuri vamwarikadzi wenyu.
38 if indeed, therefore, Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a matter with anyone, court [days] are held, and there are proconsuls; let them accuse one another.
Naizvozvo kana Dhemetrio nemhizha dzinaye vane mhosva neumwe, matare emhosva akazarurwa, nevatongi varipo; ngavakwirirane.
39 And if you seek after anything concerning other matters, it will be determined in the legal assembly;
Asi kana muchitsvaka chimwe chinhu maererano nezvimwe zvinhu, zvingatemwa paungano iri pamutemo.
40 for we are also in peril of being accused of insurrection in regard to this day, there being no occasion by which we will be able to give an account of this concourse”;
Nokuti tiri munjodziwo yekupiwa mhosva yebongozozo ranhasi zvapasina chikonzero chatingapa nacho rondedzero yenyongano iyi.
41 and having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.
Zvino wakati ataura izvozvi, akaparadza ungano.
